Superintendent of Rocky View Schools Greg Luterbach recently announced a new batch of leadership within the district that will become effective in Aug 2019. Former principal of Herons Crossing School, Suzanne Martin, will become the new principal of Nose Creek Elementary.

“While I have worked as an educator across five jurisdictions over the past 18 years, I was very pleased to join Rocky View Schools in 2012, serving as principal in opening Herons Crossing School,” Martin said.

Before making the move to the new Airdrie school, Martin worked as an assistant principal and assessment learning leader for the Calgary Board of Education. She worked as the principal for Herons Crossing for the last seven years.

“Moving to Nose Creek Elementary School will be a great opportunity, allowing me to experience and champion another school’s culture in Rocky View Schools.”

Martin says that the move to Nose Creek will afford her lots of new opportunities. Some of these opportunities include new home-school partnerships and working with student leaders who try and make a global impact outside of their school.

“These are all areas of great passion and commitment for me, as well, and I look forward to working in partnership with the school in each of these pursuits.”

“Since I was a child myself, my passion for learning and teaching, as well as my commitment to supporting others, has driven me towards a career in education,” she said.

As an educator, Martin says that watching students grow as individuals and uncover new talents is one of the most fulfilling parts of the job. As a leader in her school, she explains that she gets similar value out of the job.

“As a school leader, watching these same things happen within our teaching and support team is equally rewarding and unbelievably exciting to me.”

Martin adds that she hopes this new leadership role she hopes to learn a lot, while being a strong example as a life-longer learner for kids and colleagues alike.

“I feel very fortunate to work for Rocky View Schools, among a team replete with innovative leaders and lifelong learners. As innovators, we dive deeply into challenges, take risks in the service of our students, their learning, and our own learning.”